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Summary of the impact

Professor Martin Charter has directed The Centre for Sustainable Design ®
at UCA since 1999.
During this time he has developed a body of research concerning
sustainable and eco-innovation,
and sustainable and eco-design, with a particular focus on organisational
implementation within
business. This has led to a widespread programme of dissemination and
application to SMEs
through funded projects, publications, consultancy and training. The
specific beneficiaries of this
research are the SMEs through these projects, guidance and training.

Submitting Institution

University for the Creative Arts

Unit of Assessment

Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Information and Computing Sciences: Information SystemsCommerce, Management, Tourism and Services: Business and ManagementStudies In Human Society: Policy and Administration

Summary of the impact

The work of Professor Diane Cox has been instrumental in enhancing
services and improving outcomes for patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), and other fatigue related
conditions. Primarily, this has been through changing the interventions
used by Occupational Therapists and other Allied Health Professionals in
healthcare practice to manage such conditions. The research has influenced
amendments to professional standards, guidelines and training for use of
activity and lifestyle management approaches to treating CFS and related
conditions, and has had further impact through influencing the set-up of
specific CFS services using these techniques. The research has
demonstrated that Occupational Therapy can improve engagement and
participation in occupations through activity, and led to its widespread
uptake into practice throughout the UK. The research has underpinned the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines
for CFS/ME and directly influenced the form and implementation of NHS and
private service provision for these conditions in the UK.

Submitting Institution

University of Cumbria

Unit of Assessment

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

The University for the Creative Arts has a longstanding commitment to the
history, practice, and theory of craft. The research of the Crafts Study
Centre (CSC) and Anglo-Japanese Textile Research Centre (AJTRC) has long
championed the work of craft practitioners in order to find new ways of
thinking through creative practice. This curatorial work, public facing in
nature, has contributed to the personal, professional and creative
development of a range of craft practitioners by offering an enquiry-led
platform for the exploration of craft as profession. Though this research
has brought numerous benefits to a wide range of people and organisations,
this case study explains specific qualitative and quantitative benefits
brought to a number of craft practitioners by this work.

Submitting Institution

University for the Creative Arts

Unit of Assessment

Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory

Summary Impact Type

Cultural

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Professor Iftikhar Malik's research on the cultural and political history
of South Asia has informed public discourse in the UK, and has been
particularly influential in informing British and EU policy and practice
in Pakistan. This has resulted from Malik's involvement in the briefing of
British diplomats and the training of EU officials, including election
monitors for Pakistan, 2007-13.